Weather Records on 16 November 1960

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1960. Highest significance: Minicoy Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 16 November 1960

On 16 November 1960, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 305 daily.
Minicoy Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 109.4 mm (4.3 in) on 16 November 1960.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 16 November 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Godhra	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 16 November 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 November 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1960

Top 20 records on 16 November 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1960	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Hermann, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Tobolsk, RU	daily low max	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	11.9 C (21.4 F)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low max	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Harrison 1 NNW, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Higgins Lake, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1960	Mt Hope, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Munising, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Fife Lake 4 SW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Durham, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Spavinaw, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	St Hyacinthe, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Floresville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1960	Mercanam, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1960. 1960 had 308 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	199
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1